Establishing a college promise pilot program.

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SENATE BILL 5442

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Riccelli, Christian, Holy, Bateman, Chapman, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Lovick, Nobles, Saldaña, Schoesler, Short, Trudeau, Valdez, and Warnick

Read first time 01/22/25. Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

AN ACT Relating to establishing a college promise pilot program; adding new sections to chapter 28B.92 RCW; making an appropriation; and providing expiration dates.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the council shall collaborate with a registered 501(c)(3) that provides student services in 10 counties across eastern Washington and is headquartered in a county east of the crest of the Cascade mountains to establish a college promise pilot program beginning in the 2025-26 academic year.

(2) The college promise pilot program must select a minimum of 100 students per year within a 10-county region served by a single regional promise program to receive up to $5,000 annually for tuition and fees. Eligible recipients are students who:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

17.7% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 41%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum -1 45/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 273 days quiet

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